[xanaxist]

I mainly agree with swizzle's list form the previous page, though the last gen. Chryslers came out too late to be responsible. Infact, their poor execution is party due to the sinking of Detroit.

Cars which I strongly suspect: GM sticking too long to the uncompatitive J-cars, building them facelifted and rebodied for a good 25 years. TOyota and Honda had moved on the game lightyears in that time.

Many SUV/Cross over of the last years: Whereas not bad cars indivdually, they took resources from mass products, letting the whole compact to family segment fall into Japanese/Korean hands.

Taurus from the 1990ies - couldn't agree more.

Also, some Euro colaborations like the Ford Contour were simply not what US buyers wanted. The Cadillac Catera being kind of King in this segment.

Furthermore I'd say, in a globalized world like we live today, it's not good to concentrate on one market only, even if it's big. US producers hardly ever built export vehicles, like Asian or , smaller extent, Euro producers did. And instead of using economies of scale in cooperation with Euro branches, they habd mostly technology and concepts of their own. Ford Focus Mk. I being one of the few examples to work world wide